INDIANAPOLIS, IND. - The University of Missouri-St. Louis men's tennis team has been picked second in the West Division of the Great Lakes Valley Conference Women's Tennis Preseason Coaches Poll, as announced Friday by the league office. The annual preseason poll voted on by the league head coaches and ranks six teams in the East and seven teams in the West as 13 of the 14 member schools sponsor the sport.
Drury was tabbed as the favorite in the West Division, garnering all 11 first-place votes for 83 points.
UMSL, under the direction head coach
Rick Gyllenborg, now in his
23rd season, tallied 72 points and one first-place vote for second position and returns in 2019 after making its seventh trip to the NCAA Tournament last year, while welcoming back two-time All-GLVC choice
Ben-Hur Kasprzak to the lineup.
Indianapolis was selected as the favorite in the East Division.
The Tritons begin the spring portion of their schedule on February 16 at Purdue Northwest and will play the first of seven GLVC matches on March 23 when they travel across town to
Maryville.
The 2019 GLVC Men's Tennis Championship Tournament will be held at the Center Grove High School from April 19-21 in Indianapolis, Ind.
The complete 2019 GLVC Men's Tennis Preseason Coaches Poll follows below.
2019 GLVC Men's Tennis Preseason Poll
EAST DIVISION |
| Place |
School |
Points (First-Place Votes) |
| 1 |
Indianapolis |
71 (11) |
| 2 |
Lewis |
62 (2) |
| 3 |
Illinois Springfield |
42 |
| 4 |
Southern Indiana |
40 |
| 5 |
McKendree |
31 |
| 6 |
Bellarmine |
21 |
2019 GLVC Men's Tennis Preseason Poll
WEST DIVISION |
| Place |
School |
Points (First-Place Votes) |
| 1 |
Drury |
83 (11) |
| 2 |
Missouri-St. Louis |
72 (1) |
| 3 |
Maryville |
60 (1) |
| 4 |
Rockhurst |
54 |
| 5 |
Quincy |
38 |
| 6 |
William Jewell |
28 |
| 7 |
Truman State |
22 |
